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title: "Pastebins"
description: These tools allow you to have full control of any pasted data you share to other parties.
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<small>Protects against the following threat(s):</small>
[{{< badge content="Service Providers" color="indigo" >}}](../../../wiki/basics/common-threats/index.md#privacy-from-service-providers)

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  {{< card link="#privatebin" title="PrivateBin" image="./privatebin.svg" subtitle="PrivateBin is a minimalist, open-source, online pastebin where the server cannot decrypt and read any pasted data you submit. Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256-bit AES." >}}
  {{< card link="#paaster" title="Paaster" image="./paaster.svg" subtitle="Paaster is a secure and user-friendly pastebin application that prioritizes privacy and simplicity. With end-to-end encryption and paste history, Paaster ensures that your pasted code remains confidential and accessible." >}}
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[**Pastebins**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastebin) are online services most commonly used to share large blocks of code in a convenient and efficient manner. The pastebins listed here employ client-side encryption and password protection for pasted content; both of these features prevent the website or server operator from reading or accessing the contents of any paste.

## PrivateBin

**PrivateBin** is a minimalist, open-source, online pastebin where the server cannot decrypt and read any pasted data you submit. Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256-bit AES. It is the improved version of ZeroBin.

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  {{< card link="https://privatebin.info" title="Homepage" icon="home" >}}
  {{< card link="https://privatebin.info/directory" title="Public Instances" icon="server" >}}
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## Paaster

**Paaster** is a secure and user-friendly pastebin application that prioritizes privacy and simplicity. With end-to-end encryption and paste history, Paaster ensures that your pasted code remains confidential and accessible.

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  {{< card link="https://paaster.io" title="Homepage" icon="home" >}}
  {{< card link="https://paaster.io/privacy-policy" title="Privacy Policy" icon="eye" >}}
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## Criteria

**Please note we are not affiliated with any of the projects we recommend.** In addition to [our standard criteria](../../../about/criteria.md), we have developed a clear set of requirements to allow us to provide objective recommendations. We suggest you familiarize yourself with this list before choosing to use a project, and conduct your own research to ensure it's the right choice for you.

### Minimum Requirements

- Must be open source.
- Must encrypt pasted data on the client side before it is sent to the server.
- Must support password-protected files.

### Best-Case

Our best-case criteria represents what we would like to see from the perfect project in this category. Our recommendations may not include any or all of this functionality, but those which do may rank higher than others on this page.

- Should have a published audit from a reputable, independent third party.
